Designed specifically for use as an airliner, the Orion was a low-wing, single-engine aircraft featuring a new concept: retractable landing ... for that accident was complete, a Northwest Orient ...

The unassuming-looking man who would come to be known as D.B. Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Orient Airlines from Portland, Ore., to Seattle under the name Dan Cooper on Nov. 24 ...

On Aug. 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed mere minutes after takeoff beneath the Interstate 94 overpass on Middlebelt Road near Detroit Metropolitan Airport. In total, 156 ...

SolAva8 changed the title Kolos26 may you please add my Northwest Orient 777-300ER and my Northwest Cargo 777-300ERSF. These are both part of the same airline how it doesn’t exist. Kolos26 may you ...

A few months before aviator Charles Lindbergh made his record-breaking transatlantic flight, Northwest Airways, Inc. began carrying airmail between the Twin Cities and Chicago. Minnesota ...

The exact origin of the Lake Michigan Triangle isn’t clear, but the concept was first made ... (Matt Jaworowski/WOOD TV8) At the time, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was the deadliest ...

HIGHFILL -- Northwest Arkansas National Airport officials say they're going to make another effort to recruit Southwest Airlines to the airport next year. Airport officials said Tuesday they're ...

On November 24, 1971, a nondescript man calling himself Dan Cooper approached the counter of Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon and pulled off a daring mid-air hijack. On November 24 ...

1948 – 75 years ago Northwest Airlines will start scheduled flights from Minneapolis to Honolulu on December 1. Four-engine Douglas DC-4s will be used to inaugurate the service. Chatfield ...